The Homemakers Health Services named as Top Agency of the 2012 HomeCare Elite

Thursday, November 29, 2012

ROCHESTER — The Homemakers Health Services has been named to the 2012 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States.

Now in its seventh year, the HomeCare Elite identifies the top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies and further highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall. Winners are ranked by an analysis of publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, process measure implementation, patient experience (Home health CAHPS), quality improvement and financial performance.

“The 2012 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing patient-centered care and serving as leaders in the home health community. Their success offers data-driven proof of being well-managed and high quality care providers to hospitals, managed care organizations, ACOs and other potential referral partners across the healthcare continuum,” said Susan L. Henricks, president and COO of National Research Corporation, the parent company of OCS HomeCare. “Again this year, we updated our methodology to reflect the rapidly evolving quality-focused healthcare landscape and national value-based purchasing trends. We congratulate The Homemakers Health Services as being recognized as a top home-care agency.”

Linda Howard, chief executive officer of The Homemakers Health Services, credits the Agency’s commitment to excellence, development of high tech home health services and dedicated visiting nurses, physical and occupational therapist and other professional health care team members with the organization’s success in ranking as one of the Home Care Elite.

“Achieving the best outcomes for our clients is out number one priority. Out committed staff, as well as he patients and physicians who place their trust in us, make The Homemakers Health Services a truly outstanding community asset,” said Howard. “We are honored to be recognized as one of the national’s best home care companies in the nation,”

“Home Care Elite recognition continues to gain importance given the increased regulatory mandates and the threat of shrinking reimbursement revenue. Home health agencies that have earned recognition among the Home Care Elite demonstrated that they not only can adapt to an evolving marketplace, but continue to excel in clinical, patient experience, quality improvement and financial outcomes,” said Marci Heydt, product manager for the post-acute care business group of Decision Health.